Alan Gates created HIVE-17981: --------------------------------- Summary: Create a set of builders for Thrift classes Key: HIVE-17981 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-17981 Project: Hive Issue Type: Sub-task Components: Standalone Metastore Reporter: Alan Gates Assignee: Alan Gates Priority: Major
Instantiating some of the Thrift classes is painful. Consider building a {{Table}} object, which requires a {{StorageDescriptor}}, which requires a {{SerDeInfo}} and a list of {{FieldInfo}}. All that is really necessary for a Table in the most simple case is a name, a database, and some columns. But currently creating even a simple Table requires 20+ lines of code. This is particularly painful in tests. I propose to add a set of builders. These will come with reasonable defaults to minimize the boilerplate code. They will also include simple methods for common operations (like adding columns, or a parameter) without requiring the user to create all the sub-objects (like {{StorageDescriptor}}). -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)